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Fishcross

Fishcross is a small village in Clackmannanshire in central Scotland, situated to the north of Sauchie at a crossroads just south of Tillicoultry.

The place

Fishcross is a small village in Clackmannanshire in central Scotland, situated to the north of Sauchie at a crossroads just south of Tillicoultry. Formerly a mining village, the population is 484 as at 2003.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fishcross

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Alloa Tower

    Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland, is an early 14th-century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar. Retaining its original timber roof and battlements, the tower is one of the earliest and largest Scottish tower houses, with immensely thick walls.

    2.9 km · castle in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Clackmannan Tower

    The Clackmannan Tower is a historic five-storey tower house situated at the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It dates back to at least the 14th century when it was inhabited by King David II of Scotland and later sold to his cousin Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan in 1359.

    3.2 km · tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Recreation Park

    Recreation Park, also known as Recreation Grounds, "The Recs" and The Indodrill Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League team Alloa Athletic, who have played there since 1895.

    2.3 km · football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Gartmorn Dam

    Gartmorn Dam is an artificial freshwater loch north-east of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, built in 1711–12 as a reservoir to supply water to hydraulic machines used in Alloa's mining industry. It was commissioned by John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar, to designs by George Sorocold, and is one of the earliest constructed reservoirs in Scotland.

    2.2 km · 1711-12 reservoir near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, outflows west to Brothie Burn · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sauchie Tower

    Sauchie Tower, also known as Devon Tower, is a 15th-century tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower is located by the village of Fishcross, 1 kilometre north of Sauchie and 2.5 kilometres north of Alloa, close to the River Devon.

    700 m · tower house, later house, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Tullibody Old Kirk

    Tullibody Old Kirk is a ruined 12th-century church in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It was rebuilt in the 16th century, and restored again in 1760.

    4 km · ruined church building in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gean House

    Gean House, or The Gean, is an early 20th-century Arts and Crafts style mansion, located on Tullibody Road, Alloa, Scotland. It was owned and used as a venue for events but has now been restored to a private residence since October 2018.

    2.8 km · house in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Mungo's Parish Church

    The church is named after Saint Mungo, patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow. It belongs to the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Stirling and serves the parish of Alloa.

    3.1 km · church in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Town Hall, Marshill, Alloa

    Alloa Town Hall is a municipal building in Marshill, Alloa, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Alloa Burgh Council, is a Category C listed building.

    2.7 km · town hall in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Fishcross

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 32 km · Glasgow (GLA), 51 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 87 km
Stations
Alloa railway station, 2.4 km
  • Glasgow → Fishcross
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £5–6
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Fishcross
    88 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13
  • Aberdeen → Fishcross
    152 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £17–22
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fishcross

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fishcross. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's within bicycle range of Edinburgh but cyclists must cross the Forth via the old road bridge A9000, then use B981 Ferry Toll Road onto A985 west.

From Wikivoyage: Culross, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    106 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    106 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    129 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    181 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    183 km

If you know how people move in Fishcross – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Fishcross

Fishcross is 41 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Alloatown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK2.7 km
  • Clackmannantown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK3.5 km
  • Alvatown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK2.5 km
  • Tillicoultrytown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK2.6 km
  • Coalsnaughtonvillage in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK2 km
  • Sauchievillage in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK900 m